Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7,879,686,384 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 7,879,686,113 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,879,686,113 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 7,879,686,384 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 94,556,236,608 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 94,556,233,353 KWD per year, or 7,879,686,113 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.4% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 KWD in your salary will be taxed 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 82263925849
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 77063332836
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 76117770469
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 72808301864
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 55315398416
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 54421370045
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 52951493132
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 51599306891
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 50032549831
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 49944604819
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 49736584793
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 48980135984
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 48932859278
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 48433221250
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 47750902304
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 47287036588
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 46265016767
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 45836139869
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 45386998119
52.0%
19
France
KWD 39051738612
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 35345028356
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 34815611019
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 34040247923
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 50398484880
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 43940668554
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 0
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 78481677392
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 73753867184
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 61461555167
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 61461558027
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 58703663335
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 57679307600
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 56733749701
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 55787240004
41.0%
11
China
KWD 52005938855
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 50959044689
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 50114811301
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 10880670966
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 83689928691
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 68553271713
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 0
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 63116289977
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 61461555275
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 61130608713
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 57915697341
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 57429684242
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 53941027703
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 66189365781
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 0
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 62548950822
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 61461554473
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 58152085603
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 0
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 57299945403
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 0
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 52005933186
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 93610671502
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 94556233353
3.4%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 94556232190
4.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 89828424778
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 89828424778
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 86991737679
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 70917177541
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 55070497822
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 47278125818
50.0%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of Kuwait, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.

NOTE** Since January 1st, 2015, employee contributions to Kuwait's social security have increased by 2.5%, for a total of 10.5%. After a certain salary cap, the contribution goes back to 8%.